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WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | WINERY FEATUREseminar offerings to include: “LeNez Seminar,” an Aroma Identitychallenge. They also continue tooffer the ever-popular “WineAppreciation Seminar,” whereyou’ll learn something new nomatter your level of wine education;and the “Insignia BlendingSeminar,” where visitors get thechance to make their ownversion of Insignia, the winery’sflagship Bordeaux-style blend. Inaddition, there’s also “TastingTerroir,” “Barrel Seminar: A Focuson Napa Cabernet Sauvignon,”or “Cool Californians: FreestoneChardonnay & Pinot Noir.” Theyare available at 11 a.m. every day,seven days a week; Mondaythrough Friday again at 2:30p.m. and on Saturdays andSundays at 2 p.m.All the wines at Joseph PhelpsVineyards are estate-grown(except the lovely Syrah, which issourced from the prestigiousHyde Vineyard in Carneros). In1999, the Phelps family planted100 acres of vines in the SonomaCoast appellation in Freestonewith the goal of producingworld-class Pinot Noir andChardonnay. Now FreestoneVineyards wines are also featuredon the tasting menu at JosephPhelps Vineyards (FreestoneVineyards also has its own visitorcenter down the hill from thevineyards in Freestone, about 25minutes west of Santa Rosa).Contact the Guest Center atJoseph Phelps to make a reservationfor a Tasting or Seminar at1-800-707-5789. The TerraceTasting is offered every half-houron weekdays from 10 a.m. until3:30 p.m. and on weekends from10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. JosephPhelps Vineyards is located at200 Taplin Road, just off theSilverado Trail in St. Helena.www.WineCountryThisWeek.com21